IH-6634-BRN - 14oz Heavy Corduroy Straight Cut Pants - Brown

[chucklando]

Hey guys, very nice touch with the Xmas card and chocolate, thank you very much! Merry Christmas to the IH team as well, enjoy your holiday

[motojobobo]

These 634s look amazing on your outfits guys.

I bet these brown cords will also pair well with my worn in waxed flesh country boots. Now  it is just a matter of being patient for better weather to roll in.

[ARNC]

Still struggling to get a decent picture but this is the best I can do until I get a sunny day. Going up from 34 to 35 was the right choice (36 would have been a step too far for me).

[Dmart]

Fit looks on point if you ask me.

[ARNC]

Thanks @Dmart. I'm really pleased with how these turned out.

[emceeQ]

As always, can’t say enough good things about these.  Always regretted missing out on the first round of cords…

[Giles]

Great to see you Mike…..

[prpx]

this color does not cease to amaze me 
paired with 323OD

[ARNC]

@prpx I hadn't ever considered that combo but it works.  I might have to "borrow" this idea 

[prpx]

@ARNC:

@prpx I hadn't ever considered that combo but it works.  I might have to "borrow" this idea 

thanks for the compliment man!
i "borrowed" tons of ideas from this forum

[Twistlock]

Did any of the continental european retailers mentioned in the first post actually stock these, @Chesson ?

[Graham]

They sure did, however, some may not have received them yet as retailers often wait for a certain number of pieces of Iron Heart to be ready before they have them shipped so they may be waiting for more items to be ready. Please do keep checking back with your chosen retailer.

[Twistlock]

Thanks @Graham.

[Graham]

You're welcome.

Kentaurus will be having theirs shipped to them shortly.

[Twistlock]

Arrived today. Just wow.

[Giles]

Come to papa….

[goosehd]

I have lived in these since first trying them on.  Absolutely love the cords…

[Dstauffer]

It sounds blasphemous but I have machine dried these to get any shrinkage in some looser areas….I know it messes with the rear leather patch but I figured these are in their forever home with me and the patch is gonna take a beating anyways….just felt like sharing 

[goosehd]

Did you get very much shrinkage?

[Dstauffer]

I wish I had taken pre measurements, but it was kind of a spur of the moment decision. I have worn these like 10 or so times and was surprised as how quickly they had stretched, especially in the waist (not surprised given that is the main pressure area).

I was starting to wonder if I should have gone with a 35 (I am typically a 34 in denim), but after reviewing the measurements again, the 35 is not that much different than a 36 aside from waist and a 34 would have been too tight for sure, so the 36 is where it’s at for me especially in the hem (I’m one of those weirdos who likes a wider hem to sit over my boots and I’m not a cuffer).

So I just thought, feck it, let’s hot wash and throw in the dryer and we what we can get.

The waist definitely snugged back up and the butt/crotch area seem to have also snugged up a bit (what I was hoping for). Unfortunately the leather patch has also shrunk, but again I knew that would happen and given I’m not selling these and the patch is always under a belt, I decided it was reasonable casualty to get a better fit.

I did notice that drying brought back some of the original “heftiness “ of the material as it had begun to soften with wear. I may continue to machine dry these in the future but we’ll see what happens with continued wear going forward.

I ended up buying two pairs of these as I know we won’t see this material again and I have always been a corduroy guy so I can compare the machine dried pair with the pair in storage I have not yet worn.

I know machine drying is not for everyone and I’m not sure I’d do it with any of my IH denim given the damage a machine can do to the denim, but I think for this material and my situation it was the right choice.

I’ll post here again with some comparison measurements and fit pics of both when I get a chance